"Aces High" tells the story of a British RAF pilot fighting against the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1940), the first battle to be completely fought in the skies of the UK.
Music Genre: |
NWOBHM, Heavy Metal |
Album Production Information: The album: "IRON MAIDEN - Aces High Europe" was produced by: Martin Birch Martin Birch Martin Birch was an English music producer and engineer who was active from the late 1960s to the early 2000s. He was born on 26th June 1948 in East Molesey, England, and began his career as a producer and engineer in the late 1960s, working with several notable British bands of the time, including Fleetwood Mac and Deep Purple.
Birch's biggest contributions to music came in the 1970s and 1980s, when he worked as a producer and engineer for several of the most influential and popular heavy metal bands of the era, including Black Sabbath, Rainbow, and most notably, Iron Maiden. He was an important figure in the development of the heavy metal genre, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential and important producers of heavy metal music. Album sleeve design Derek Riggs, The Artful Dodgers Derek Riggs an English artist best known for creating the iconic artwork "Eddy" for the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Born in 1958 in Portsmouth, England, Riggs showed an early talent for drawing and went on to study illustration and design.
In the late 1970s, Riggs was approached by Iron Maiden to create artwork for the band's first album, "Iron Maiden." The album's cover, which featured a zombie-like figure known as "Eddie the Head," became a defining image for the band and helped to establish their visual style. Riggs continued to create artwork for Iron Maiden throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and his distinctive and often macabre illustrations have become synonymous with the band. "The Artful Dodgers" a Hertfordshire based graphic design company fronted by Keith Peacock, Neil Smith and Michael Faulkner. |
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Record Label Information: |
EMI 1C K062 20 0385 6 |
Media Format: |
12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 230 gram |
Year & Country: |
1984 Europe |
Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: IRON MAIDEN - Aces High Europe |
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Complete Track-listing of the album "IRON MAIDEN - Aces High Europe" |
The detailed tracklist of this record "IRON MAIDEN - Aces High Europe" is:
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High Quality Photo of Album Front Cover "IRON MAIDEN - Aces High Europe" |
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Album Back Cover Photo of "IRON MAIDEN - Aces High Europe" |
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Photo of "IRON MAIDEN - Aces High Europe" 12" LP Record - Side One: |
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Photo of "IRON MAIDEN - Aces High Europe" 12" LP Record - Side Two: |
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